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Congregations should be leading the environmental movement, says the Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham, president of the Regeneration Project in the USA.

No one has to tell students at a Queens (New York, USA) elementary school to eat their vegetables. P.S. 244 in Flushing is now the first public school in the city with an all-vegetarian menu.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the second suspect in the horrific Boston Marathon explosions has been apprehended. Here are ten basic points that we would all do well to keep in mind as we try to make sense of a world that seems to be in need of sanity and compassion.

Fibers are considered an important part of our daily diet. Yet, there are no nutrients taken into our bodies from fiber, and fiber content is not even digestible. So what's the point?

Decades of doubt over the role played by "Hitler's Pope" under the Fascist regimes in Italy and Germany during the 1930s and 1940s may be answered if Pope Francis, as a close friend has suggested, opens the Vatican archives.

Honey is the only food on the planet that will not spoil or rot. Honey will crystallize if it is left in a cool dark place for the long time, but do not mistake this crystallization for it turning into sugar. Honey never will become sugar.

The Chandler Award honors excellence in student writing with an emphasis on reporting skill & a grasp of religion issues that is fair, balanced & in accordance with journalistic standards.

India'S most elaborate theme park opens this week with special-effect Hindu gods and Bollywood-themed rides, aiming to tap a thirst for family entertainment among the country's rising middle-class.

Nature can be more unfathomable than contemporary science allows for. The film about extraordinary animal behavior has been released for download and for online streaming worldwide.

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced to provide a six-acre land for the construction of ISKCON temple at Kurukshetra.

Hibiscus tea can lower blood pressure as effectively as pharmaceutical drugs, numerous studies have shown.

For the most part, religious courts and tribunals operate without much public notice or controversy. Occasionally, however, issues involving religious law or religious courts garner media attention.

Imagine: You're in year 12, and you find out that the Prime Minister is coming to your school. Not only that, you'll get the chance to speak with her! What do you say to her? Passionate young South Australian, and Animals Australia Unleashed member, Leah knew just what to do — be a voice for the animals.

The account @pontifex - the word "pope" in Latin - has tweets in nine languages including English, Spanish, Arabic and Latin. They are snippets of religious instruction rather than insights into the pontiff's daily life.

The Centre's Pink Revolution to promote meat production and export has led to a 44% increase in meat consumption and export in four years in India, but it has failed to regulate the industry.

Mathur is a tiny village on the banks of the perennial river Tunga. It is one of the two villages in India where Sanskrit is the official language.

Abandoned Indian widows have broken taboos and are taking part for the first time in the exuberant annual Hindu festival of colours, said a charity working to end the stigma surrounding the women.

Every 30 minutes in India, a farmer kills himself in despair because he can no longer provide for his family. Following a US complaint to the WTO, India had to open its doors to foreign seed companies. Within a few years multinational corporations have taken over India’s seed market replacing the local disease-resistant strains, with dire consequences for local farming.

Passing them is described by those who have experienced their terror as one of the worst pains known to man, exceeding even the pain of childbirth.

In his first general audience since his election to the papacy, Pope Francis on Wednesday (March 27) urged Catholics to leave their comfort zone to search for “lost sheep.”